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Ministry of Earth Sciences
Heat wave conditions at isolated places very likely over northwest Rajasthan today
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department : 
Current Temperature Status and Warning for next 24 hours
Heat Wave and Maximum Temperatures observed Yesterday  Heat Wave observed: at isolated pockets over northwest Rajasthan.
Maximum Temperatures:-
- Maximum Temperatures more than 40.0°C as on 08-06-2021 were recorded at most places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi,West Rajasthan; at many places over West Uttar Pradesh; at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal. 
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Maximum Temperature Departures as on 08-06-2021: Maximum temperature are markedly above normal  at most places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, & Muzaffarabad and at isolated places over south Interior Karnataka and Interior Tamil Nadu; appreciably above normal  at a few places over
Kerala; above normal  at most places over Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi; at many places over Uttarakhand; at a few places over Bihar, West Uttar Pradesh and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal, West Rajasthan, Odisha and coastal Karnataka. They are appreciably below normal  at many places over Vidarbha; at a few places over Andaman & Nicobar Island and East Rajasthan and at isolated places over Chhattisgarh; below normal  at most places over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Madhya Pradesh; at many places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Konkan & Goa and North Interior Karnataka; at a few places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, East Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat Region and Telangana and at isolated places over Rayalaseema and near normal over rest parts of the country. 
Heat Wave Warnings for Next 24 hours :-
Heat Wave
Heat wave is considered if maximum temperature of a station reaches at least 40°C or more for Plains, 37°C or more for coastal stations and at least 30°C or more for Hilly regions. Following criteria are used to declare heat wave:
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To declare heat wave, the above criteria should be met at least in 2 stations in a Meteorological sub-division for at least two consecutive days and it will be declared on the second day.

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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets on the occasion of Bhagvan Parshuram Jayanti
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the citizens on the occasion of Bhagvan Parshuram Jayanti.
The Prime Minister tweeted:
“आप सभी को भगवान परशुराम जयंती की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। मेरी कामना है कि उनकी कृपा से हर किसी का जीवन साहस, विद्या और विवेक से परिपूर्ण हो।”
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Vaccine Research on Coronavirus
As per index of average overall global health security score 2019, India has been classified as “more prepared”. On 30 January 2020, following the recommendations of the Emergency Committee, the World Health Organization  Director-General declared that the Novel Coronavirus  outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern . Subsequently. world scientists on COVID-19 met at the World Health Organization’s Geneva headquarters from 11 to 12 February 2020 to assess the current level of knowledge about the new virus, agree on critical research questions that need to be answered urgently, and ways to work together to accelerate and fund priority research that can contribute to curtail this outbreak and prepare for future outbreaks.
Government is regularly reviewing the situation to ensure adequate supplies of medicines to the patients.
In view the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and concern of the logistics for COVID-19 management particularly during the recent past and that masks  and hand sanitizers have been noted to be either not available with most of the vendors in the market or are available with great difficulty at exorbitant prices, Government has notified an Order under the Essential Commodities  Act, 1955 to declare these items as Essential Commodities up to 30th June, 2020 by amending the Schedule of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Central Government has also issued an advisory under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
Under the Essential Commodities Act, after discussions with the manufacturers, States can ask them to enhance their production capacity of these items to make the supply chain smooth, while under the Legal Metrology Act, the States can ensure sale of both the items at the maxim retail price .
The States may take action against the offenders under the EC Act. An offender under the EC Act may be punished with an imprisonment upto 7 years or fine or both. The decision would empower the Government and States to regulate production, quality, distribution etc. of masks  and hand sanitizers and to smoothen the sale and availability of these items and carry out operations against orders speculators etc. and those involved in over pricing, black-marketing etc. It will enhance the availability of both the items to the general people at reasonable prices or under MRP.
The States are also advised to give publicity of State Helplines for registering complaints by the consumers of the above two items. The consumers may also register their complaints in this matter with the National Consumer Helpline No. 1800-11-4000, Online Complaints: www.consumerhelpline.gov.in, Department’s Website www.consumeraffairs.nic.in, dsadmin-ca[at]nic[dot]in and dirwm-ca[at]nic[dot]insecy.doca[at]gov[dot]in.
PIB Headquarters
“Blue Punisher” MDMA tablets and Crystalline powder seized by Chennai Customs at Foreign Post Office
Based on information that a parcel containing some narcotics drugs is likely to be smuggled into India from Europe through Foreign Post Office, the Postal Intelligence of Air Customs detained one parcel at Foreign Post Office, Meenambakkam. The detained parcel was unregistered and was sent from France. On examination it was found to contain some blue colour tablets and two plastic pouches containing white crystalline powder. Both tablets and powder were tested with narcotics field testing kit and prima facie tested positive for MDMA , a narcotics substance.158 blue colour tablets totally weighing 77 gmsand 19 grams of white crystalline powder suspected to be MDMA totally valued at Rs. 6.6 Lakhs werere covered and seized under the NDPS Act, 1985. Samples have been sent to the Central Revenue laboratory for confirmatory tests.
The parcel was destined to a house address in Arumbakkam, Chennai City. On reaching the locality it was noticed that there were no buildings there but only a few hutments. Enquiries were made with a few bystanders who informed that the address pertained to a building which was demolished around 10 years ago by the slum clearance board. The question of how a foreign unregistered parcel could have been delivered to a non existent address is being investigated.
MDMA commonly known as Ecstasy can alter people’s mood and perception and is chemically similar to both stimulants and hallucinogens. These blue colour tablets are known by name “Punisher Pills” and said to be three times stronger than most of other forms of Ecstasy. The MDMA Crystalline powder is a Premium product and purer than pills. It increase alertness and awareness.
A week back we had seized MDMA tablets worth Rs. 30 lakhs from foreign post office.
Further investigation is in progress, according to a press release issued by Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Steel
Odisha is uniquely poised to become the global economic hotspot, says Shri Dharmendra Pradhan talking to a group of Chartered Accountants
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today addressed a webinar on “CA: The Catalyst—learning, unlearning and relearning” at VSM series organized by Rourkela, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda branch of ICAI.
Shri Minister Pradhan while speaking at the event, said that Odisha is uniquely poised to become the global economic hotspot. He said that with rich mineral resources, demographic dividend and market, Odisha is uniquely poised to leverage the upcoming opportunities in the global markets. He said that the country is coming out of the Covid-19 crisis and slowly entering into the post-crisis period. In the last three months, we can see all major economic indicators showing major signs of recovery. Whether it is power consumption, oil and gas consumption, GST collection, all are presenting picture of sharp recovery, he said.
Talking about the development vision of eastern region, he said that Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given unprecedented priority to the development of eastern India and Odisha in uniquely poised to benefit from the Mission Purvodaya.“Odisha provides major share of coal, iron ore and other commodities to the nation. We must work to integrate even more with the global supply chain”, he further added.
Underlining Odisha’s strengths, the Minister said, "Odisha is rich in agriculture. Odisha also holds immense possibilities in tourism.Education is inherent strength of the people of Odisha. There are many institutions in Odisha which are of national repute. Technology is creating new opportunities and Odisha being uniquely placed, one can work anywhere in the world by staying in Odisha.”
Special Service and Features
Exhibition and sale of Khadi village industry products at Thiruvalla
PMEGP EXPO 2022, an exhibition and sale fair of Khadi village industry products manufactured under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme will be held at the Dr. Alexander Marthoma Auditorium, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta from December 20 to 31st. Small scale industries from within and outside Kerala will attend the 12-day fair. There will be sale of various types of Khadi garments with up to 30% government rebate. The expo is under the joint auspices of the Central Khadi Village Industries Commission and the Kerala Sarvodaya Sanghthikha.
The Central government provides subsidy of up to 35% towards the cost of small business enterprises through the Pradhan Mantri Pradhan Dayak Yojana. Since 2008-09 till now subsidy of Rs.526.28 crore have been given to 25,650 enterprises. Those who are interested in starting enterprises can apply through the online portal of KVIC https://www.kviconline.gov.in/pmegpeportal.
Smt. Santhamma Varghese, Municipal Chairperson Thiruvalla released the logo of PMEGP Expo 2022
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Ministry of Home Affairs
High Level Committee under Chairmanship of Union Home Minister approves Rs. 4,381.88 crore of additional Central assistance to six States
West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Sikkim to get funds for cyclones “Amphan’, and ‘Nisarga’, floods and landslides that occurred during 2020
The High Level Committee  under the Chairmanship of the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, has approved additional Central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund  to six States, which were affected by cyclone/ floods/ landslides during this year.
HLC has approved additional Central assistance of Rs 4,381.88 crore to six States from the National Disaster Response Fund .
- For cyclone ‘Amphan’, Rs 2,707.77 crore has been approved for West Bengal and Rs.128.23 crore for Odisha.
- For cyclone ‘Nisarga’ Rs 268.59 crore has been approved for Maharashtra.
- For floods and landslides during the South-West monsoon, Rs.577.84 crore has been approved for Karnataka, Rs 611.61 crore for Madhya Pradesh, and Rs 87.84 crore for Sikkim.
In the aftermath of cyclone ‘Amphan’, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had visited the affected States of West Bengal and Odisha on 22nd May 2020. As announced by the Prime Minister, financial assistance of Rs. 1,000 crore to West Bengal and Rs 500 crore to Odisha were released, in advance, on 23rd May 2020 for immediate relief activities in these States. In addition, the Prime Minister had also announced Rs. 2 lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of the dead and Rs. 50,000 for the injured, which was over and above the ex-gratia provided through the State Disaster Response Fund  and the NDRF.
In all the six States, the Central Government had deputed Inter-Ministerial Central Teams  immediately after the calamities, without waiting for the receipt of Memorandum from the affected State Governments.
In addition, during the financial year 2020-21, till date, the Central Government has released Rs 15,524.43 crore to 28 States from the SDRF.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Award of Gallantry Medals / Service Medals on the occasion of Republic Day, 2022
A total 939 Police personnel have been awarded Medals on the occasion of Republic Day-2022. The break-up is as under:
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Among the majority of 189 Gallantry Awards, 134 personnel are being awarded for their gallant action in Jammu & Kashmir Region. 47 personnel for their gallant action in Left Wing Extremist affected areas and 01 person for their gallant action in North-East Region. Among the personnel receiving Gallantry Awards 115 are from J&K Police, 30 are from CRPF, 03 from ITBP, 02 from BSF, 03 from SSB, 10 from Chhattisgarh Police, 09 from Odisha Police and 07 from Maharashtra Police and the remaining from the other States/UTs.
Details of Awardees Lists are enclosed as below:
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Click here to view List-I
Click here to view List-II
Click here to view List-III
Click here to view List-IV
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Union Minister of State Ashwini Choubey to be the chief guest in the in Yoga Day programme at Gangtok
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey will be the chief guest of the Yoga Day program organised in Gangtok, Sikkim on the occasion of International Yoga Day. Several Union Ministers will be present in different states on the occasion of Yoga Day. In this regard, Mos Shri Choubey will attend the program organised in Gangtok.
The Minister Shri Choubey said that the popularity of Yoga has increased not only in India but in the whole world under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. People have become aware of yoga. To stay healthy, it is necessary to keep practicing yoga regularly. Yoga is being organized in a grand manner at all places on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with a purpose that more number of people can join yoga. Everyone should participate in this event and make yoga a part of their regular life, urged Shri Choubey.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurates Water Sports Centre in Himachal Pradesh
The first of its kind Water Sports Centre is a joint initiative of SAI and NTPC
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated a Water Sports Center in Koldam Barmana, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, on Sunday morning. The Water Sports Centre, the very first of its kind in Himachal Pradesh, has been jointly initiated by the Sports Authority of India  and National Thermal Power Corporation .
The Memorandum of Understanding  was also exchanged between SAI and NTPC during the event.
Sharing how the centre was set up at short notice, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned, “In just one month’s time, the water sports arrangements have been done and I want to thank SAI and NTPC officials who have made this possible. “40 players will be chosen who will take part in Rowing, Kayaking and Canoeing. There are state of the art equipments and boys and girls will get hostel and training facilities. We are also hopeful there will be national competitions in the centre as well.”
The centre will be dedicated to training ahletes in water sports like Rowing, Canoeing and Kayaking.
Also during the event, Shri Thakur felicitated the Himachal Pradesh women's Kabaddi team who won a gold medal at the ongoing 36th National Games in Gujarat.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog releases Analytical Tools for managing Climate Change and exploring Net Zero Pathways
India Energy Security Scenarios  2047 facilitates assessment of Country’s Green Energy Transition Journey
IESS is a user-friendly and Interactive Energy Modelling tool that takes into account the Green Policy Initiatives and explores Possible Decarbonisation Pathways towards Net-Zero
A Revamped India Energy Security Scenarios  2047  to assess the integrated impact of various green energy policies of Government of India was released by NITI Aayog today. An open-source tool, IESS incorporates several policies related to alternative energy resources like Green Hydrogen, Energy Storage, Renewable Purchase Obligations, PM-KUSUM, offshore wind strategy, Electric Vehicle policy, Energy efficiency, etc. Assessing the demand and supply of energy in the country, the tool helps in analysing emissions, cost, land, and water requirements till 2047.
The release was attended by Shri Suman Bery, VC, NITI Aayog, Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog, Shri Amitabh Kant, G-20 Sherpa, and other experts from Academia, Industry and the Government.
With an aim of making this technology available to the people, this version of IESS is easily downloadable and facilitates users to generate their own pathways. It will help researchers and think tanks to develop user-specific scenarios and the option of customised applications on the basis of share of industry/services/agriculture, population, the pace of urbanisation, end-use energy demand etc.
IESS 2047 is a user-friendly interactive tool that can help ministries/ departments to develop a variety of energy transition scenarios to achieve net-zero. The tool is flexible enough to provide many permutations and combinations of net-zero pathways. It provides capabilities to compute the energy needs and estimates of the country and hence reduce India’s dependency on external agencies for the estimates.
Designed with the help of IIT Bombay, the revamped IESS 2047 will be updated on yearly basis. The baseline has been standardised at 2020 and calibrated up to 2022.
Shri Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog appreciated the indigenization of IESS 2047 and termed the tool a big facilitator in achieving net-zero target by 2070.
Shri BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog termed IESS as a national asset and an outstanding example of the research and development being undertaken at NITI Aayog. Emphasising upon the fine balance between justified growth aspirations and sustainability, he said that it is important to have such tools and data platforms for holistic planning and policy making at national and state level.
The web version of the tool offers user-friendly graphical representations of energy demand and supply scenarios for the country based on user choices. The results of some of the illustrative scenarios from IESS are shown below:
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister reviews the Flood Situation in Karnataka and Maharashtra by undertaking an Aerial Survey
Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah undertook an aerial survey of flood affected areas of Belgavi district of Karnataka and Sangli & Kolhapur of Maharashtra today.
Shri Shah was accompanied by the CM, Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Shri Prahlad Joshi, Minister of State for Railways, Shri Suresh Angadi, Member of Parliament, Shri Prabhakar Kore, Local MLA , MLC and officers of the State Government.
Thereafter, the Home Minister held a meeting at the Belagavi Aiport to review the flood situation in the Karnataka State. A presentation was made by the state government officers depicting the extent of damage and the rescue measures taken, including the NDRF teams deployed.
Shri Shah also enquired about the further forecast and was informed that further rain was not expected in that area and adjoining areas of Maharashtra in the next 2-3 days and the situation is likely to improve.
Special Service and Features
State-Level Workshop conducted for Village Level Entrepreneurs of Common Service Centres
CSC e-Governance Services Limited conducted a State-Level Workshop for Village Level Entrepreneurs of Common Service Centres as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Thiruvananthapuram. Snehil Kumar Singh IAS, Director, Kerala State IT Mission, inaugurated the workshop. He said the CSCs ensure last mile connectivity of government schemes. He also distributed awards to the best performing Village Level Entrepreneurs. CSC State Head Dr. B Rajeev presided the function. SBI  Deputy General Manager Santosh S and HDFC Vice President Hari Vijayan were present. The workshop is part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations by MeitY.
Village Level Entrepreneurs  of Kerala were the delegates of the workshop. As of now there are nearly 5000 active CSCS , enabling service support in the State. The workshop focused on needy enterprising entrepreneurs and included training sessions by senior officials from service sectors such as banking, insurance and tele-law.
CSC e Govemance Services India Limited implements the schemes envisaged under the Digital India flagship programme of Government of India. Common Service Centres are envisaged as ICT-enabled centres for delivery of various G2C , B2C  and other services to the people, with a focus on rural poor. G2C services are made accessible anywhere across the country through Digital Seva Portal . CSCs focus on more than 200 most demanded services like banking, insurance, pension, education, agri-services . Presently, more than 75% of Akshaya entrepreneurs also deliver these services by securing CSC ID.
Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology is celebrating State Level Iconic Week of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav from 29 November to 05 December, 2021 on the occasion of 75 years of our Independence.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of Shri Motilal Vora Ji
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the demise of Shri Motilal Vora Ji.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Shri Motilal Vora Ji was among the senior-most Congress leaders, who had vast administrative and organisational experience in a political career that spanned decades. Saddened by his demise. Condolences to his family and well-wishers. Om Shanti.